marja

Name: marja, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈmɑrjɑ]

/[ˈmɑrjɑ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“marja” is uncommon German (frequency #88,009 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,009
frequency rank, German: 3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beere

Corpus desk

Index DE-marja · marja · German

marja · rank #88,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #88,009
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,571
PHOTO-FINISH Marginalisier…

Nearest frequency peer: Marginalisierung (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Marcin

11,995
Margareten

11,994
Marginalisi…

11,993
marja

11,992
mato

11,990
maurischen

11,989

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „marja“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for marja
Property	Value
Headword	marja
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈmɑrjɑ]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#88,009
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „marja“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).marjafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#88,009

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Marginalisierung“ (#88,008), „Margareten“ (#88,007), „mato“ (#88,011). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „marja“ bei #88,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marja is uncommon German at frequency #88,009 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɑrjɑ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beere".

marja has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is marja, spelled M-A-R-J-A.

Definition

1
Beere

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marja"?

"marja" is spelled M-A-R-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɑrjɑ].

What does "marja" mean?

As a noun, "marja" means: Beere

How do you pronounce "marja"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marja" is [ˈmɑrjɑ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "marja" come from?

"marja" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marja", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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